Pundits are again speculating about the future of the Affordable Care Act, more widely now referred to as Obamacare. Now that Republicans are poised to take over the Senate in January, while widening their control of the House, they are ...
Tags: Medical Device Tax, Medical Device
More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...
Adidas AG reported third-quarter profits slid 11 percent due to negative currency effects and a continuing slide at its golf division. Currency-neutral (c-n) sales increased 9 percent. In currency-neutral (c-n) terms, sales increased 9 ...
Tags: Adidas, Sporting Goods
When Into Lighting started to design a lighting scheme for the French fashion house Jitrois on London’s Sloane Street, it knew it had to come up with a model that was as elegant, individual and impeccably executed as the clothes it ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting Design
David Atkinson’s lighting scheme for the Sky Gallery at The O2 blends LEDs with traditional technologies to stunning effect. Jill Entwistle asks the 2011 Lighting Designer of the Year how he realised the project There ...
Cabela's Inc. reported total revenue increased 4.1 percent in the third quarter, to $886.0 million. Retail store revenue increased 8.7 percent to $598.7 million; Direct revenue decreased 11.7 percent to $175.3 million; and Financial ...
Tags: Cabela's Inc, Sporting Goods
Surya has unveiled a custom rug program that enables designers and retailers to order custom tufted rugs for delivery within three weeks, according to the company. Designed to meet the needs of customers who want a custom rug quickly, the ...
Tags: Surya, Designers, Decoration
Oak Furniture Land, one of the UK’s largest retailers of solid hardwood furniture, has opened a sofa-only store in Croydon. The new store, called Just Sofas, is 20,000 sq ft located on Purley Way, CRO 4RG, and has created 7 new local ...
Tags: Oak Furniture, Sofa
The Shullman Research Center found that 21 percent of U.S. adults who plan Christmas shopping expect to purchase jewelry this year; however, the percentage increases dramatically for the top 41 percent of households, or those earning ...
Tags: Christmas Jewelry, Crafts
The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
Tags: NRF, Christmas-season retail sales
When the U.S. is switching to midterm election time, the media's attention is usually focused on domestic issues. It is not that international affairs are not important, but comparatively the public that is overwhelmed by local issues often ...
Tags: Foreign Policy, Policy
China and the U.S. are benefiting from and straining under 35 years of normalized relations. There have been tons of exports shipped from China to our shores during this time. However, none are more important than Chinese culture. The ...
Tags: Chinese Culture
KidsPlayTest will test products on students at a UK primary school once every two months. Kids Brand Insight has launched a new toy testing service for toy companies called c. Clients that sign up will see their products taken into a UK ...
India needs to build a military industrial complex by enlisting large and medium cluster of industries, said BrahMos Aerospace founder Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai at the Deftronics 2014 in Bangalore. Addressing the event organised by India ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics